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Kurdish mountaineering group tops Halgurd peak

19-07-2020

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Mount Halgurd, some 170 kilometers north of the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil, forms part of the Zagros mountain range on the Iran-Iraq border.

At 3,607 meters above sea level, its peak - the highest in Iraq - is snow-capped all year round. Its foothills are home to clean springs and meadows.

Local and foreign tourists and mountaineering groups climb and camp upon Halgurd for a spectacular natural view.

The Voice and Color of Kurdistan’s Nature group visited the mountain on Friday, embarking on an eight-hour climb from Halgurd's foothills to its peak.

The mountain was planted with mines during the eight-year war between Iraq and Iran in the 1980s, making some climb routes hazardous.

Photos by Mahdi Faraj